Name: Roswell Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves 300-400 lbs were sharply higher and 400-450 lbs sold 15.00 higher while 450-500 lbs were 3.00 lower. Steers 500-550 lbs were sharply higher and 550-600 lbs sold 12.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs were 2.00-3.00 lower while 700-750 sold 17.00 higher. Heifer calves 300-400 lbs were sharply higher and 400-500 lbs sold 7.00-14.00 higher while 500-600 lbs were 6.00-21.00 higher. Feeder heifers had insignificant numbers to compare this week. Trade was moderately active on smaller numbers with good demand. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower instances 3.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold 9.00-13.00 higher. Very active market with excellent buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $280.28/cwt on 783 head.

Average price

$280.28

783 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$59.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	283.79	1,536	644
Medium and Large 1-2	467	271.31	1,268	113
Large 1	512	255.00	1,306	3thin
Medium 1	440	243.50	1,071	4thin
Medium and Large 2	493	240.00	1,183	3thin
Medium 1-2	654	224.00	1,465	16thin

One grade step is worth $59.79/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale783 hd

280.28

—

NM average4 barns · 2,595 hd

266.29

+14.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,556	109.49	1,703	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,172	104.81	1,229	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,099	94.27	1,036	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,063	80.85	860	37

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,563	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$1,530	5
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,128	$1,500	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$1,400	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	935	$1,300	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,029	$1,206	13
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	845	$1,204	6
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	880	$1,175	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$1,050	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,358	$1,875	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,301	$1,746	31
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,084	$1,655	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,119	$1,500	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,020	$1,485	5

Every lot, as filed

114 lots · USDA AMS · Roswell Livestock Auction - Roswell, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,183	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	290	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	876	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	654	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,465	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,411	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	278.39/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,102	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	329.99/cwt	320.00–342.00	1,389	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	343	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	391	316.34/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,237	10
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	405	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	2
Steers	Medium 1	—	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	507	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,242	3
Steers	Large 1	—	512	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,306	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	368	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	421	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,292	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	549	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	445	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	611	231.59/cwt	231.00–232.00	1,415	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	304	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,082	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	373	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,082	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	267	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	226.50/cwt	226.50–226.50	1,595	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	338.71/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,053	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	301.14/cwt	289.00–315.00	1,250	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,518	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	351.20/cwt	335.00–356.00	1,082	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	281.33/cwt	272.00–290.00	1,215	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	268.37/cwt	257.00–280.00	1,261	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	296.82/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,413	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	264.99/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,378	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	886	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	186.12/cwt	181.00–190.00	1,535	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	259.03/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,629	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	295.79/cwt	279.00–306.00	1,529	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	257.72/cwt	241.00–268.00	1,490	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	230.67/cwt	210.00–233.50	1,714	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	343	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,276	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	500	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	246.98/cwt	245.00–249.00	1,628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	331.99/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,189	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	202.17/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,575	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	178.35/cwt	175.00–180.00	1,837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	323	304.85/cwt	300.00–310.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	473	281.51/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,332	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	329	385.63/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,269	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	379	364.75/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	323	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	415	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,179	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,197	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,303	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,259	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,252	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,120	116.49/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,305	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,198	106.12/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,271	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	94.50/cwt	92.50–95.50	1,081	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,032	90.15/cwt	89.00–92.00	930	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,113	97.14/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,081	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,133	62.94/cwt	59.00–69.00	713	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,141	100.99/cwt	100.00–102.00	1,152	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	73.53/cwt	70.00–79.00	796	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,044	86.41/cwt	86.00–88.00	902	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	83.92/cwt	80.00–85.00	885	13
Bulls	—	—	1,503	111.53/cwt	100.00–119.00	1,676	23
Bulls	—	—	1,302	83.90/cwt	68.00–97.00	1,092	8
Bulls	—	—	1,880	125.25/cwt	120.00–133.00	2,355	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,562.50/head	1,400.00–1,800.00	1,563	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,297	1,792.22/head	1,185.00–1,900.00	1,792	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,358	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	890	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,233	1,737.50/head	1,700.00–1,775.00	1,738	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,320	1,739.58/head	1,725.00–1,750.00	1,740	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	1,537.50/head	1,450.00–1,575.00	1,538	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,128	1,500.00/head	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,029	1,205.77/head	1,100.00–1,350.00	1,206	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	735	146.75/cwt	130.00–155.00	1,079	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	790	150.94/cwt	120.00–180.00	1,192	16
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	254.87/cwt	236.00–262.50	1,336	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,397	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	258.77/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,126	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	264.28/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,250	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	315.54/cwt	305.00–332.00	1,190	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,429	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	596	232.98/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,389	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	238.03/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,145	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	228.40/cwt	216.00–240.00	829	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	306	275.08/cwt	265.00–285.00	842	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	253.96/cwt	250.00–260.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	567	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,293	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	493	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,208	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,540	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	432	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	331	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	821	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Mexican Origin	—	374	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	957	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,355	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	850	1,000.00/head	950.00–1,050.00	1,000	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	1,812.50/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,813	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	780	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2-3	—	1,145	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,023	1,787.50/head	1,775.00–1,800.00	1,788	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	886	1,260.00/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,260	5
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	640	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Heifers	Large 1-2	—	880	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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